Editing Forensic pathology (section)

== History ==
Forensic pathology was founded by [[Rudolf Virchow]], a German pathologist, who developed the Virchow method which is one of the main and popular techniques still used by forensic pathologists today. The Virchow method is of doing autopsies as well as instituting cell theory which would shed light on the effects and damage of disease on the human body. Rudolf Virchow began the practice of regulated autopsies where the entire body would be inspected rather than a particular area of interest which would expose additional damage that injuries and ailments inflicted on the human body.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rudolf Virchow {{!}} Biography, Discovery, & Facts {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Rudolf-Virchow |access-date=2022-03-03 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref> In German-speaking Europe, lectures on forensic pathology were regularly held in [[Freiburg]] in the mid 18th century and [[Vienna]] in 1804. Scientists like [[Auguste Ambroise Tardieu]], [[Johann Ludwig Casper]] and [[Carl Liman]] made great efforts to develop forensic pathology into a science based on empirics.

[[Ambroise Paré]] is also considered one of the fathers of modern forensic pathology and surgery. His inventions in the early 16th century include surgical instruments and techniques. He pioneered battlefield medicine and treatments of wounds. One technique he used was pouring boiling oil into wounds.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ambroise Paré - Advances in medical knowledge – WJEC - GCSE History Revision - WJEC |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/zyscng8/revision/4 |access-date=2022-03-05 |website=BBC Bitesize |language=en-GB}}</ref>

This history of forensic pathology can be traced all the way back to the fourth century BC in Babylonia but instead of practicing on deceased human bodies, the practice of forensic pathology was strictly practiced on animals. This was said to be done only to animals since humans during this era were believed to be sacred. Later on, in forensic pathology history, forensic pathology would be practiced among those who live in Asia. Muslim doctors would discover infectious diseases and as a result, would operate on deceased bodies; one of those doctors being Ibn Zuhr. Zuhr would go on to performing autopsies on bodies in postmortem and research diseases such as leprosy, mange, and sexually transmitted diseases.

While Zuhr was busy learning about contagious diseases, Yee Siung, a Chinese government official was assembling a group of physicians who were in charge of dissecting criminal murder victims. These victims’ cause of death would be investigated alongside the actual case itself and this would be the first time pathology would be used to help solve criminal cases.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Choo |first1=Tae M. |last2=Choi |first2=Young-Shik |title=Historical Development of Forensic Pathology in the United States |journal=Korean Journal of Legal Medicine |date=2012 |volume=36 |issue=1 |pages=15–21 |doi=10.7580/KoreanJLegMed.2012.36.1.15 |doi-access=free }}</ref>

Forensic pathology was first recognized in the United States by the American Board of Pathology in 1959 after toxicology and pathology had been used to solve thousands of criminal cases worldwide for years.<ref>{{cite journal |author=Eckert WG |title=The forensic pathology specialty certifications |journal=The American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology |volume=9 |issue=1 |pages=85–9 |year=1988 |pmid=3354533 |doi=10.1097/00000433-198803000-00023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=History of Forensic Pathology |date=17 December 2011 |url=http://itsgov.com/history-of-forensic-pathology.html |access-date=2022-03-05 |language=en-US}}</ref>

In [[Canada]], it was formally recognized in 2003,<ref>{{cite journal |author=Lett D |title=National standards for forensic pathology training slow to develop |journal=CMAJ |volume=177 |issue=3 |pages=240–1 |date=July 2007 |pmid=17664437 |pmc=1930175 |doi=10.1503/cmaj.070881 }}</ref><ref>Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. Information by Specialty or Subspecialty. Available at: [http://rcpsc.medical.org/information/index.php?specialty=417&submit=Select http://rcpsc.medical.org/information/index.php?specialty=417&submit=Select].{{dead link|date=March 2022}} Accessed on: 15 July 2008.</ref> and a formal training program (a fellowship) is currently being established under the auspices of the [[Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada]].<ref>{{cite news |title=2 new pathologists to restart Ottawa forensic unit |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/2-new-pathologists-to-restart-ottawa-forensic-unit-1.732522 |work=CBC News |date=11 January 2008 }}</ref>